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public static ReplaceNotIn ( this text, IList |
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| text | this | The text to be scanned. |
| chars | IList |
The characters to be kept, such as a LexicalCharacterSet characters list. |
| replacement | String | The string to put in place of each character not in 'chars'. |
| return | string | |
public static string ReplaceNotIn(this string text, IList<char> chars, String replacement)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text))
return text == null ? null : string.Empty;
var newText = new StringBuilder(text.Length * replacement.Length);
for (var i = 0; i < text.Length; i++)
{
if (chars.Contains(text[i]))
newText.Append(text[i]);
else
newText.Append(replacement);
}
return newText.ToString();
}
